Formative - English meaning

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

noun

A person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.

Usage examples:

Platelet activity was higher in patients with the disease than in the controls

adjective

Settling an issue; producing a definite result.

Usage examples:

The archers played a decisive part in the victory

adjective

Making choices quickly and surely, without having any doubts

Usage examples:

In an emergency, decisive action is called for., dna test results were decisive in proving his inno…

adjective

Able to make decisions quickly and confidently, or showing this quality

Usage examples:

You need to be more decisive., a decisive reply

adjective

Serving to define, qualify, or direct.

Usage examples:

The employer's view is not determinative of the issue

noun

Another term for determiner.

adjective

If something is determinative, it is the thing that controls, influences, or decides something

Usage examples:

Sometimes, price may be the determinative factor., most cases do not involve biological evidence th…

adjective

Causing something to occur or be done in a particular way; serving to decide something.

Usage examples:

Money may have been the determining factor in his decision

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

verb

Present participle of determine

Usage examples:

The number of staff we can take on will be determined by how much money we're allowed to spend., yo…

adjective

Growing and becoming more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

This is a rapidly developing field

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

adjective

Growing or becoming stronger or more advanced

Usage examples:

A developing fetus

adjective

Concerned with the development of someone or something.

Usage examples:

Developmental problems

adjective

Relating to the process of growing or changing into a more advanced, larger, or stronger form

Usage examples:

The theory is in a developmental stage., the program offers adventures for people with developmenta…

adjective

Connected with the development of someone or something

Usage examples:

A developmental process/problem, a developmental disorder/disability

verb

Bring together parts or combine to create (something).

Usage examples:

The company was formed in 1982

noun

The visible shape or configuration of something.

Usage examples:

The form, colour, and texture of the tree

noun

A particular way in which a thing exists or appears.

Usage examples:

Essays in book form

adjective

(of a living thing) undergoing natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.

Usage examples:

The needs of the growing child

verb

(of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.

Usage examples:

He would watch nick grow to manhood

adjective

Increasing in size or amount

Usage examples:

There is a growing awareness of the seriousness of this disease.

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

noun

A person who advises others, especially in matters of behaviour or belief.

Usage examples:

His spiritual guide

adjective

Easily influenced.

Usage examples:

Children are highly impressionable and susceptible to advertising

adjective

Easily influenced

Usage examples:

He’s at an impressionable age.

adjective

Having great influence on someone or something.

Usage examples:

Her work is influential in feminist psychology

noun

An influential person.

Usage examples:

Young influentials

adjective

Having a lot of influence

Usage examples:

Dr. carter is an influential member of the board.

adjective

(of a metal or other material) able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking or cracking.

Usage examples:

A malleable metal can be beaten into a sheet

adjective

Easily influenced, trained, or controlled

Usage examples:

Mother wanted me to be a malleable girl who would take her advice.

adjective

(of a soft substance) able to be made into any shape

Usage examples:

The shoe is made of mouldable plastic., the right combination of sugar and water can result in a fi…

noun

A shaped strip of wood or other material fitted as a decorative architectural feature, especially in a cornice.

Usage examples:

A decorative plaster moulding placed at the centre of a ceiling

verb

Form (an object) out of malleable material.

Usage examples:

Mould the figure from white fondant

noun

A piece of wood, plastic, stone, etc. that has been made into a particular shape to decorate the top or bottom of a wall, or a door, window, or piece of furniture

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

noun

A geometric figure such as a square, triangle, or rectangle.

Usage examples:

Grouping wall decor in geometric shapes such as rectangles, triangles or circles adds interest.

adjective

Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.

Usage examples:

Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection

adjective

Easily influenced or likely to be hurt by something

Usage examples:

Some people are more susceptible to peer pressure than others., he’s very susceptible to colds.